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I use a very simple definition. All robots are machines, but not all machines are robots. A robot is an autonomous mechanical worker. That is, barring exception
by Asooka 9y ago
I use a very simple definition. All robots are machines, but not all machines are robots. A robot is an autonomous mechanical worker. That is, barring exceptional circumstances (e.g. less than 16 strings of cheese), something goes in the input and gets transformed in some good at the output without human intervention. A machine that replaces human labour.
- amelius 9y ago> A machine that replaces human labour. We also need a word for a human that replaces machine labour. E.g. in the case of downtime, or when there is no funding to buy one. Perhaps "Mechanical Turk" would be that word. So that would mean that "robot" can be defined as its opposite.